Figures Of Speech Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
2. Which literary device is used when apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
3. 4) Her smile was a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.
4. A lot of teachers are having a working vacation this summer.
5. Which figure of speech is the speaker using?"We will fight come what may, we will fight on all fronts, we will fight for a thousand years."
6. The sun smiled down on us.
7. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:Teach him to be gentlewith gentle people,
8. "The cat's as fast as a jet on a runway" is an example of a metaphor.
9. "Do as I say not as I do." is an example of .....
10. Pam was skinny enough to jump through a key hole
11. Who can fight life when death steps in?
12. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:That person runs like a road-runner.
13. The bells of the church went ding dong.Select the right word in the above sentence which shows onomatopoeia
14. Greedy google eyes
15. The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.
16. My teacher has eyes in the back of her head.
17. Giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects
18. When our dog gave birth in the park she got a ticket for littering.
19. Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence. Ms. Leni Robredo made a fiery speech.
20. When words are literal, they mean exactly what they say.
21. "This was a minor crisis and the only choice was to drop the product line, " (Todd 2007).
22. Can you lift that heavy bag like Hercules?
23. Which of the following words is an example of onomatopoeia?
24. He was blabbering so much nonsense that I died of embarrassment
25. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Do you want to be a failure for the rest of your life?"